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Description: | A complete, Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy, medium size , rumbler bell. Fair size, sub-rectangular shaped suspension loop, sunburst decoration top and base. There is either no maker/founder's mark or it has corroded so no longer visible. The bell shows some wear, has a green/brown patina but patches of pale green matt corroded surface. There is also rusty brown stains on the surface near the sound holes from the rusty pea. However, the bell still rings. This is likely to date to 1680-1720. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 35-45 no.5 & 46. The bell is 39.97mm long, 29.57mm wide, 29.54mm thick, diameter 29.57mm and weighs 28.8g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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